SVC connects students interested in volunteering in a health care setting with the Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center (PMPMC)'s student volunteer program. Volunteers with PMPMC commit to one weekly three-hour shift in one of the units at the Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center (e.g. emergency room, pediatrics, neurology) and primarily work in roles that involve interacting with patients and helping the nursing staff. Duties may include: checking in with patients, translating for patients, transporting patients in wheelchairs, greeting families and visitors, organizing and stripping charts, delivering medications and lab samples, restocking rooms, answering phone calls, and more. Students must go through the hospital's application process in order to become a volunteer with UMCPP, and this process may take a couple months.

Time Commitment Overview:

  • Volunteers are assigned to a department and do one 3-hour shift per week

Required Trainings:

  • General Volunteers
    • Volunteer 101
    • Care ambassador training hosted by Volunteer Office
  • Group Leaders
    • All General Trainings
    • Pace Center Service Leader OnboardingĀ 
Application Timeline
SessionĀ  When You Would Volunteer Application Available Application Deadline
Spring

January - May

September 1 November 30
Summer May - August February 1 March 31
Fall September - December June 1 July 31
Interests
Health
Experience
Volunteering
Eligibility
First-year
Sophomore
Junior
Senior
Graduate Student
Transfer Student
Location
New Jersey
Time Commitment
Weekly